Move Unity launcher to the bottom in Ubuntu 16.04

By default, Unity launcher is placed on the left side in Ubuntu ever since it was introduced. We can’t change the position of Unity in Ubuntu 15.10 and older versions. Not anymore. From Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on, we can now move the Unity launcher along with the Dash search bar to the bottom of the screen. It is one of the major changes in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

In this brief tutorial, let us see how to move Unity launcher to the bottom in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS desktop. Please note that you can only move the launcher to bottom and left position. There is no way to move Unity to the top or right side of the desktop. Hope this feature will be added in future.

There is no built-in option in System Settings to move Unity, however, we can move it by simply following any one of the two methods described below.

Method 1:

Open the Terminal, and run the following command to move Unity launcher to the bottom.